Posted April 16, 2016 in Blog
Did you know there are multiple surgical techniques and procedures which are used for reshaping the body? At North Dallas Plastic Surgery (NDPS) we fill in details on the various surgical procedures and add our opinions on each. When considering a patient for body contouring we assess three aspects: their Skin, Fat, and Muscle. When […]
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Posted August 29, 2015 in Blog
Traditional liposuction is the technique of vacuuming excess fat. Over the recent years a variety of devices have been introduced and used – and by now many have been discarded. Originally the procedure was done in a ‘dry’ way, then came a ‘wet’ procedure. Even the device used during a liposuction has changed over the […]
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Posted August 09, 2014 in Blog
Most people considering liposuction do not know this procedure is reserved for patients within 20% of their ideal body weight and with adequate skin elasticity. Our north Texas surgeons, Dr. Harlan Pollock and Dr. Todd A. Pollock, believe it is very important to understand whether you are a good candidate for liposuction alone or whether […]
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Posted April 13, 2014 in Blog
Start typing the two words “plastic surgery” in Google and one of the suggestion is for “plastic surgery vacation packages” – this shows it’s a very popular search phrase. Medical tourism is a part of the global economy and for the American public, it does offer an alternative to care within the US. The advantage […]
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Posted September 17, 2012 in Blog
Our two doctors, Dr. Harlan Pollock and Dr. Todd A. Pollock, were featured on the news last Thursday. The story starts with a Dallas-area patient who looked for the best doctor and method to help her with a tummy tuck (abdominoplasty). She learned about the no-drain tummy tuck pioneered by our doctors using the PTS […]
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Posted August 31, 2012 in Blog
Earlier this month we published a report on the PTS (progressive tension sutures) method we created: the study reviews 597 consecutive surgery cases using this procedure which helps patients by having a “no-drain tummy tuck”. We are humbled by the feedback from our peers: the Editor of the Aesthetic Surgery Journal referred to this article […]
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Posted March 07, 2012 in Blog
A recent article from the New York Times (Ear Doctors Performing Face-Lifts? It Happens – 29 January 2012) highlights the problems patients have had when they went to a board-certified doctor to get procedures done – but the doctor’s certification was not in plastic surgery. Face-lifts and a tummy-tucks by an ear-nose-and-throat doctors Breast augmentations […]
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Posted June 03, 2011 in Blog
Many patients tell us how they fear getting a tummy tuck (abdominoplasty) because of the difficult post-operative period that their friends had after their surgery. During our tummy tuck consultation we explain how – based on the “no-drain abdominoplasty” approach we created and our over 50 years combined experience with it – our patients describe […]
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